folks, i want every one in the iowa nation to go to the ames straw poll this saturday, going to be a beautiful day. there's food, there's booze. and write in rick perry with an"a" why "a" because there's no "e" in team. and this evening-- (laughter) >> and this evening at 1700 hours we struck again with our second ad in the greater des moines metropolitan area. jimmy? >> iowa, a land of good people who can make up their own minds. but outside groups like jobs for iowa superpac are trying to pander to iowans with pro perry ads featuring cheap cornography. >> just so you will vote for rick perry at the ames straw poll. >> but americans for a better tomorrow tomorrow believe that iowans deserve better. and we're going to give it to you. >> oh way. on august 13th. write in rick perry. that's perry with an a for america, with an a for iowa, americans for a better tomorrow tomorrow is responsible for the content of this advertising. oh. >> stephen: wow. (cheers and applause) >> stephen: wow. my goodness. i do declare. that is some ear sizzling hot buttered below the corn belt action that is bound to appeal to iowa's basest colonel instincts. i better togo to comme

we can't be sure yet how many of those votes were spelled with an "a" because the iowa gop refuses toease the results for public scrutiny. >> boo! >> stephen: i agree. (laughter) and we have visual proof that at least some people voted for parry with an a because an actual iowa straw poll voter tweeted a cell phone photo of his ballot where he wrote in rick parry with an "a" yes. now i assume the other 717 parry voters did not tweet their ballot photos because their phones were deep fried and eaten. so to find out the truth that the iowa gop doesn't want you to know on monday, i unleashed abc channel 5 woi des moines's emmy-awaiting news team. (laughter) i'm talking coanchors amanda krenz and rachel pierce, john wall tert ters on sports and at the live weather map, not doppler weather that is for the jag nuts at kete channel 7 in omaha. and of course america's sweetheart cover reporter katie eastman. >> wherever dogs go, their business sure to follow. but there's no need for trash cans when the poop is the power. >> i'm going to light this lantern. >> the lantern is powered by tanks t

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invited to speak this weekend then disinvited, invited again and ultimately off the list to address an iowaarty crowd giving palin the stage alone. >> i think we all know that sarah palin knows how to manipulate the media. >> reporter: tea party conservative michele bachmann spoke to the american legion convention and appeared to offer herself as a modern day margaret thatcher. >> both ronald reagan and margaret thatcher contributed greatly. we're in a similar time period and we need to have strong viable leadership to see that return again today. >> reporter: doing battle with poll topping rick perry. >> he's supposed to be the tea party guy? >> reporter: the campaign hit back hard through thursday. over a group's pro bachmann ad. and establishment republican mitt romney makes his first direct pitch to the influential tea party express. at their new hampshire event weekend. one of the big highlights monday will be in south carolina. it will be the first time we'll see rick perry and mitt romney in the same venue. a number of candidates including those two but also bachmann and newt gingric

scott con roy reports that this weech in an iowa speech, palin will lean on loaded phrases like cronyitalism and permanent political class. though she will not call perry out by name, palin's carefully-crouched rhetoric wil attention to the texan's popularity as a candidate. >> i thought what motivated her to continue to get on the bus was that she couldn't stand for michele bachmann to get all the spotlight. toor her to go after perry, that will be a surprise to me. >> i've got to tell you, i disagree with you. i won't call awe sexist. i understand how you could make the connection. but i disagree. personally, i feel that sarah palin has always been motivated by the same things that motivate male politicians. it's power, power. power, power, power. >> see never -- >> and frankly look at -- >> what about money? >> look at all of the money she's making, sarah palin, for the people who are members of the tea party, they love her. they feel that, the moon and the earth revolve around sarah palin. >> michelle, if it were about power, she would have kept the job she had and continued to se

scott conroy of real clear politics records that this weekend in an iowa speech palin will lean on loadedhrases like crony capitalism and permanent political class in laying out her view of the us.system's dee though she will not call perry out by name, her carefully couched rhetoric will leave the impression that she may soon draw more overt attention to one of the texas's potential vulnerabilities as a kacandidat. i'll give aw chance to call me a sexist. i always thought what motivated her to get on the bus was she couldn't stand michelle back mang getting all the notoriety. for her to go after perry, that will be a surprise to me. >> i disagree with you. i won't call you a sexist. i can understand how you would make the connection. but i disagree. i feel that sarah palin has always been motivated by the same things that motivate male politicians. >> what? >> it's power, power, power. and frankly, look at all of the -- >> what about money? money, money, money, money power? >> look at all the money she's making. for people who are members of the tea party, they love her. they feel that t

ended february 3rd, 1959, when a plane carrying holly, ritchie valens, and the big bopper crashed in an iowa farm field. >> the day the music died. even in his short life, buddy holly changed the sound and look of rock 'n' roll forever. >> reporter: holly's star on the walk of fame further immortalizes the singer. it's right in front of the capital records building and right next to the sidewalk stars of the beatles. holly's walk of fame ceremony comes on the music legend's birthday. it may be hard for his fans to believe it but if he were e ive today, holly would have been 75. >> i think his music helps him stay youthful and lets younger generations like mine keep with it. >> reporter: even though holly's honor comes from a town best known for movie stars, at least it's appropriately named for this rock 'n' roll icon. >> today, the holly in hollywood stands for buddy holly. >> reporter: rob hayes reporting for abc news. >> great music trivia, i love this point. the day holly died was later called the day the music died in the don mclean song "american pie." great bit of history there. ♪ dro

she made a surprise stop at an iowa restaurant last night where a conservatives for palin meeting wasy. listen tor her reception. joining me from indianola, iowa is alex. good morning. >> reporter: i'm great. >> i'm glad i'm not standing in the rain. you heard it there, up run, sarah, run. do you think she'll talk about a white house bid today when she speaks? >> reporter: it's doubtful that she's going to announce a bid today. that's what we're hearing, but that did not prevent hundreds of supporters from driving all across the country to hear her speak. earlier i talked to a few supporters, and here's what one of them told me. >> i would vote for her. i voted for her with john mccain. she's the only person i've ever voted for. i've never been able to trust government. i don't feel they're trustworthy, and the only one i feel you can really trust. >> reporter: sarah is supposed to take the stage about 2:15 eastern time. a lot of people are still here to see her. we expect more to come. hopefully the rain holds out, and it is pouring right now. we'll see what she has to say possibly s

sarah palin was the main attraction todayt an iowa tea party rally. she took shots at the new party's front-runner and others, but peter hamby was there. >> reporter: former alaska governor sarah palin delivered a series of sharp attacks against barack obama and her potential presidential rivals at a tea party rival here in iowa tea party rally. while she not expected to declare a presidential bid, she drew a sharp line in the sand with one opponent, front-runner texas governor rick perry. >> some of the gop candidates raise mammoth amounts of cash and we need to ask them, what if anything do their donors expect in return for their investments? we need to know this, because our country cannot afford more $1 trillion thank you notes to the campaign backers. >> reporter: and perry has been long been stated to pay back donors and with contracts. palin made it clear she will not cede any ground to the gop, and as an outsider, from the tea party, and we will be watching her as she drops for the clues about what the message might be if she decides to run fo

unexpected stop in an iowa restaurant.arah run! run sarah run! >> you heard it, run sarah run. palin will be in indianola, iowa today for a tea party rally. she travels to the granite state monday. congressman ron paul toured a gun holster factory in new hampshire on friday and asked about the august unemployment numbers he fired shots at the president's administration saying no progress has been made on the economy. all right. we didn't have that sound bite. we're moving on to mihm rotnei who had a scathing assessment of obama's economic record. speaking in tampa yesterday, let's listen to him. >> this president has been an extraordinary failure, and he said three years ago on the "today" show if i can't get this economy turned around, if i can't get it turned around in three years, he said, then i'm looking at a one-term proposition. he failed. >> romney will attend a tea party rally in new hampshire tomorrow. >>> the republican presidential candidates are very busy this weekend. former utah governor john huntsman is in

here's the solution she gave in an iowa radio show just yesterday. >> we get in trouble if we don't answer questions that they ask us, so the other thing that i think your listeners need to remember is we don't control the questions, the moderators do. it would be great if we could maybe even have sit-down one-on-one interviews more 20 minutes or for a half hour, so that we could have the same questions, but then we each answer those questions, and just answer the question to the moderator. >> well, let's see, nine candidates, that's nine times 20 minutes each, that adds up to 180 which is three hours. three hours of repetitious questioning. sounds more like the twilight zone to me. stop and reflect. anyway, lastly, last night on "the daily show," jon stewart urged republican voters to do just that. >> it's like your ideal candidate is a rare, super heavy element that can only exist in a particular particle accelerator. and even then, only for a fraction of a second. before you all remembered how much you hate science. you need to take a long, hard look in the mirror and not come away thin

a report this weekend in an iowa speech, "palin will lean on loaded phrases like crony capitalism andical class in laying out her view of the u.s. political system's deep-rooted ills though she will not call out perry by name, her rhetoric will leave the attention she may soon draw more overt attention to one of the texan's potential vulnerabilities. call me a sexist. i i thought what motivated her on the bus, she couldn't stand michele bachmann getting all the spotlight and notoriety. for her now to go after perry if in fact she does it that will be a surprise to me i. disagree with you. i won't call you a sexist. i can understand how you'd make the connection, but i disagree. personally, i feel that sarah palin has always been motivated by the same things that motivate male politicians. >> what? >> it's power. power. power, power, power. and look at all -- >> money. it's money, money, money power. >> look at all the money she's making. sarah palin -- for the people who members of the tea party, they love her. they feel that the earth oui revolves around sarah palin. she didn't possi

it is an important state for organizing and getting in. if barack obama had not done well in iowa catapulted him. >> another reason to discount the iowa caucus. the republican convention is in florida. so they're going to have a hard time disqualifying florida delegates to the convention held in florida if they want to show up and not have the doors barred at the convention center. >> you never know. they might close the bars early and we couldn't have that. here is something to look at tonight. we showed our poll earlier in the week showing rick perry starting to plateau, if not dip a little bit in the republican primary field. a new fox news poll out tonight, a few days later than our poll that shows a bigger drop. look at this. mitt romney now in the lead in the fox news poll, just a few days ago, governor perry at 29%. now dropped down to 19%. you see herman cain picking up some support there among conservatives. eric, what -- to what do you attribute this? shaky debate performances in general or specifically conservatives when they hear him on immigration, when they hear him

iowa g.o.p. has refused to release the write-in resulted, so we don't know how many of those 718 votes were with an a. was it 717? as low as 716? anything is possible. so i turned to the cobail report's affiliate in iowa, woi abc 5 where des moines turns for des news. i'm talking about the entire news team. co-an cores amanda kranz and chief meteorologist brad edwards certified as central's most accurate meteorologist for five years and who's counting? let's not forget intrepid cup reporter katie eastman, whose proven track record garners all the plumb assignments. >> jessica, iowa state students have a long list of parking complaints, but next week there will be a new program that could make driving places more convenient. >> stephen: now if only iowa would come up with a place for people to go. [laughter] well,, i was away... i was away for two weeks, but i am confident woi was hard at work tearing the lid off this scandal because they sent me an update in the form of an e-mail today from woi station manager and my men's room emmy fluffer ray cole that's just... let's just give it a read here. ok

and why do we have to go with an iowa caucus first, which for both parties in the past has typicallyesentative of who is probably not going to be the nominees for the parties. let's remember that none of the above beat jimmy cart and someone beat michael dukakis and the list goes on andon. well be president right now. it catapulted him. >> another reason to discount the iowa caucus. the republican convention is in florida. so they're going to have a hard time disqualifying florida delegates to the convention held in florida if they want to show up and not have the doors barred. >> you never know. they might close the bars early and we couldn't have that. here is something to look at tonight. we showed our poll earlier in the week showing rick perry starting to plateau, if not dip a little bit in the republican primary field. a new fox news poll out tonight, a few days later than our poll that shows a bigger drop. look at this. mitt romney now in the lead in the fox news poll, just a few days ago, governor perry at 29%. now dropped down to 19%. you see herman cain picking up some supp

sarah palin was the main attraction today at an iowa tea party rally.ent after some familiar political targets but also took a veiled shot at her own party's new front-runner. peter hambe was there. >> former alaska governor sarah palin delivered a series of sharp attacks against president obama and her potential republican presidential rivals here at a tea party rally on saturday. and while she did not declare a presidential bid and not expected to till the end of september, she did draw a sharp line in the sand against one potential opponent, republican front-runner texas governor rick perry. >> some gop candidates, they also raise mammoth amounts of cash and we need to ask them too, what, if anything, do their donors expect in return for their investments. we need to know this because our country can't afford more trillion dollar thank you notes to campaign backers. >> perry is a prolific fund-raiser who has long been criticized by political opponents of rewarding campaign donors and political allies with government jobs and contracts. palin repeated

>> well, that's the response to a surprise visit she made at a palin meeting aat an iowa restaurant yesterdayn sarah run. she would decide by the end of this month whether or not she's running. congressman ron paul toured a gun factory and asked about the unemployment numbers. he fired shots at the president's administration saying no progress has been made on the economy. >> it's devastating. it shows that we really have had essentially no recovery and that we haven't addressed our problems correctly yet. >> and rick perry will be speaking with voters in new hampshire today? >> well, the white house says president obama is taking his jobs plan on the road next week. the president will make a stop in richmond, virginia, on friday. a trip will allow the president to sell his plan just a day after unveiling it before a joint session of congress thursday evening. the plan comes as the economy is looking even weaker with a new jobs report showing employers stopped adding jobs last month. joining me live from washington d.c., msnbc political analyst richard wolf. it's always good to see you. good

for thursday night's debate, republican presidential candidate michele bauchmann campaigned inside an iowaof beef, slicing a little rib-eye, and scolding the president of the united states with hanging meat as a backdrop. >> i call on president obama to stop -- >> bauchmann's staging struck some as odd, but it was a second to sarah palin's infamous thanksgiving turkey grinder. >> at number two, billionaire brawl. a couple of russian tycoons got into a heated television debate this week over the global economic crisis. the champion, a media mogul worth $3 billion. the challenger, a property developer worth a measly $1 billion. billionaires ready, fight. man, what we wouldn't give in this country to watch warren buffett and bill gates slap each other on pay per view. and the number one story of the week -- >> then it's only right that we ask everyone to pay their fair share. >> president obama presented an economic plan this week whose proposals for taxing the rich did not sit well with republicans. >> class warfare, chris, may make for good politics, but it makes for rotten economics. >> wh

. >> kelly: sarah palin addressing scores of cheering tea party fans at an iowa rally today.ernor offering a harsh words for president obama, but not saying if she's running for president in 2012. >> heather: a cargo plane loaded with aids supplies arrived in north korea. the goodwill gesture follows talks between the countries to improve relations and resume talks on nuclear disarmament. >> kelly: back now to our top story of the day, a wet and miserable labor day weekend for the gulf coast. the normally packed beaches there, empty as tropical storm lee unleashes heavy rain and wind across alabama, louisiana, and mississippi. thousands of homeowners in low lying areas told to get out as flooding concerns grow. forecasters say this storm may dump more than a foot of rain in some areas within the next 24 hours. elizabeth prann is live in biluxi, mississippi with more details. how are things there? >> hi, kelly. what people in the gulf coast here in mississippi and along the entire gulf coast have been experiencing in this storm is these pretty violent squalls. right now we're

iowa, you are good people thank you. it is an honor to be in the heartland during this -- sharing this labor day weekend with you. i thank you for the invitation. the organizers put so much work into this. it is great to see you here today. last night was fine, but -- fun, getting to run into some of you at the response. to see so many demographics represented and so many different states all across our great nation, we got to gather together last night. different political parties represented. todd reminded me as we walked out of that room last night, "we are not celebrating read america or blue america, we are celebrating red white and blue america. [applause] what brought us here today out in this field? why are we not watching the hawkeyes or grilling up some of venison or corn on the cob on this labor day weekend? what brought us together is a love of country. we see that america is hurting. we are not willing to sit back and watch the demise through some fundamental transformation of the greatest country on earth, we are he

imagine obama winning the democratic race without winning a iowa and in some place like aucilla tools like facebook proved important. the the the for an organizer to roll into a small town in iowa and already have half a dozen or a dozen volunteers makes a huge difference for the on the ground organization. many operatives will tell you that it's much harder to get the first dozen volunteers and to get the next hundred, so in that sense we do see pretty good evidence of the internal matters and i would even go further to say that this is not quite so well known but john mccain what almost not likely have been the republican nominee, not for the internet. in the summer of 2007 when things were looking pretty bleak for the mccain candidacy everyone was expecting rudy giuliani to go against him the real clinton. mccain went to ground and cut almost all of his campaign staff except a few senior folks and the ret team and that is what sustained him all the way it to iowa and new hampshire and kept him alive as a viable candidate or at least as a possibility through the early part of the campaign cycle. >> what about conservative and libera

she's holding a really sharp knife surrounded by carcasses making an appearance at an iowa meat plant a side of beef talking about the need to "slice government regulations" that are stifling -- >> better than kissing babies and shaking hands. >> are we talking about trying to have different kinds of regulations on meat because we want to make sure all of these e. coli we can't get and -- >> she's talking about the regulations of small businesses. talking specifically about that and says this company actually has one person to deal with all the rules and regulations set forth by the government, although she doesn't specify federal or state. >> or which she thinks are owners? >> i didn't delve into it that much. we'll check that out. a cool photo op. it was different. >> true. >>> he's friendlier than the average bear. you may believe what you're about to see, but, please, take a look. all right. billy gray and his son say they were fishing at pond in virginia when they saw a bear on the shore. the bear eventually comes out of the woods, goes right up to the two men. wildlife experts s

there's still an open race in iowa, if perry doesn't get as much traction as we thought he might. santorum had a good performance. i was glad to be gary johnson on the stage. he deserves to be on the stage, as does buddy roemer, and others who have been shut out. he stole the night with his one-liner -- >> we'll have him on later. >> okay. good many. >> i think maybe, bob, that governor perry's team is assisting johnson and others beyond, because that means he has less time to mess up. >> that wouldn't be a bad idea. it's not just that he had a lack of preparation. they don't seem to be sure footed. their excuse afterwards was, well, gee, he's like ronald reagan who wasn't a great debater. first of all, that's true. if you're a republican don't compare yourself to reagan. if you're a democrat, don't compare yourself to jfk. the comparison won't stand up well. he telegraphed, and if you do that, somebody will be prepared. i thought it was amateur hour. >>> the next up, best award for best editing. this goes to willard mitt romney, because once again, last night he was forced by the

. >> iowa, an older state. florida one that florida wants to win as an older state.are a bunch of people in west texas that kind of like social security. >> that's true. at the end of the day, rick perry has one goal and that is to win a primary election. right now rick perry is the only person who won a contested primary contest by singing from the tea party song book when he won the race in 2010. he knows how to do this. he is reaching into this populist vein. >> what surprised me yesterday was that while the conventional wisdom crowd was saying, well, romney at the end of the day got the best of this, perry is in real trouble, these social security marks are going to create long-term damage, there seem to be folks almost defending perry. he wasn't saying discontinue it. he was saying fix the financial part of it. it's clear that's what he was saying. lisa murkowski says sometimes we need to have provocative words around here in order to move the debate. that was interesting. it will spice things up. kelly ayotte from new hampshire, distancing herself from it. ther

of up in the state of new hampshire though, samp fresh from an appearances in iowa is at a tea partyrs run, sarah run, she smiles and says thank you. what intrigued me was this. >> it's media incited internal squabbles, unfortunately and we can nip some of that in the bud right here right now because we've got a lot of work to do constitution constitutionalists. our challenges today are too great. we simply don't have time to be bogged down in internal conflicts and friendly fire conflicts. >> eric, do you have any idea what she's talking about? she has taken a few polite gentle, but a few shots at governor perry and governor romney. here she seems to be saying, whoa, that sounded almost like ronald reagan, thou shallish not attack a fellow republican. >> the best i can say is no comment on sarah palin till she decides what she's doing. i've got to tell you, i've heard a lot of her aides and peter hamby reported on some of her aides saying her crony remarks were about mitt romney. unless you hear that come from sarah palin, i don't believe it because i've heard too many people readin

this may be recognized increasingly as then you say fagan so obviously it's not a nice in iowa but as an investor knows what resides an effect of this crisis and there's this time around the bond market we're not we're not given all the much safe haven but more of a trap and one can be a physician position for that but clearly i think everybody agrees here the federal policies and particularly good ones all are one thing i would say it's maybe also even to late to save now and then tags obviously draw because if they're if they're a u.s. economy and if the u.s. government is trying to implement massive saving measures it will be very difficult because they increase taxes and cut spending what will be as a result probably the economy will be slowing down more at least in the short i mean i can't really afford that at this moment because the deficits are already out of control so i was saying some far off bear reorganisation s. as we have to happen in the eurozone is probably the only solution follow western countries going forward but it's not all it's not there are a lot of emerging mark

let's get an explanation from iowa governor terry branstad who joins us live from des moines.eal problem in your state right now, isn't it governor? that is one of the things you're hoping to attack. >> yes, jon it's a problem all across the country. we think the only way we can really deal with the healthcare cost epidemic in america is to get people to take ownership of their own health. only 20% is really genetically caused. a lot of it is basically environment and lifestyle choices. and we want iowa to lead the country within five years we want to be the healthiest state in the nation. jon: one of the reasons this story caught our eye is because there has been such an argument in washington over the past couple of years over healthcare. how do you pay for it? how do you deliver it? how do you make it as efficient as possible? this is a program that you think has some of those answers, and interestingly at least the pilot program is not being paid for by tax dollars. can you explain that? >> right. it's a private initiative publicly endorsed. we have well mark, blue cross,

anita perry spoke at an iowa republican party dinner tuesday night. she -- >> the wife of republican rick perry has campaigned for her husband in new hampshire and florida. this is 20 minutes. >> rick grew up in a small part of the world in texas. for county's down from the red river and 20 miles west of dulles-fort worth in a farming community. his family were farmers and a little part of the world call paint creek, texas. we grew up in the same area current farming, ranching, little bit of oil, some gas. people are happy about that. illiberal west of i-35. not -- a little west of i-35. not a lot of development. but we grew up with real people, people who knew how to tell the truth, real people who knew how to make a decision and stand by that decision and you could be good for your word. when rick first ran for statewide office for agriculture commissioner, which is what he did when he got out of the air force, our children were little. he flew his own airplane. he was a c-130 pilots in the air force. i think is the only other candidate, besides rep

she is the main attraction at a rally in iowa today, even though she's not an official candidate, at least not yet. cnn political reporter peter hamby is in iowa for us. peter, help people understand this. it's iowa, it's labor day, it's palin, it's a rally. that must mean an announcement is coming. not really. >> reporter: yeah, and we also have a heavy metal cover band behind us, which is kind of unusual for a tea party rally. no announcement today, t.j. we can officially say that. but we are watching sarah palin today, because she is approaching a final decision about the race. we could hear in the next few weeks whether she's going to run. so she's here in iowa. the first caucus state in the presidential nominating process. so all eyes on the political world are on her to kind of see what kind of message she delivers for clues as to how she will frame herself as a candidate. we're hearing that she's going to attack crony capitalism. some are viewing that as a veiled kind of shot as texas governor rick perry as governor palin tries to carve out some space for herself in the republi

>> iowa is important because it basically will narrow down the field and give her an opportunity as itid huckabee. >> bill: you say she still has a chance. >> i'm saying she can win iowa. she wins iowa, she's still in this race. since 1980, whoever wins two out of the three, south carolina, new hampshire, iowa, goes on. >> bill: that's interesting because romney a lock in new hampshire. he's a hometown guy and he'll get that. and south carolina is a game breaker. so when you see the whole field here and another debate on thursday, as i mentioned, you say that perry right now and romney are the two guys that are going to fight it out. in the national poll, perry doesn't defeat barak obama. but romney does. what does that tell you? >> it tells that you perry has great support among the republican base, the conservative, tea party, evangelical. basically romney has an ability to track independent voters in a general election. but i go back to the point, no poll today matters. four years ago, rudy guiliani was leading in all 50 states. didn't get a delegate. leading in every single state,

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and in places like iowa tools like facebook proved very important. the ability for an organizer to roll into a small town and already have half a dozen, a dozen volunteers makes a huge difference to them on the ground organization. many operators will tell you that it is much harder to get the first dozen volunteers then it is to get the next hundred. so in that sense we see big evidence. i would go further. john mccain would most likely not have been the republican nominee but for the internet. in the summer of 2007 when things were looking pretty bleak for the mccain candidacy in everyone is expecting three guliani to square off against hillary clinton, mccain went to ground, cut almost all his campaign staff except for a few senior folks and the web team. that is what sustained him all the way up to iowa and in hampshire and made him -- and kept him alive as a viable. the possibility the the early part of the campaign. >> conservative and liberal viewpoint websites. >> there is a big gap between conservatives and liberals online. in fact, the traffic numbers hugely

this is an expanded version of the iowa straw poll for her. >> her friend encouraged her not to talk> well, ed rollin says kicked upstairs and they are walking around downstairs with a banner to locate rollins. so i don't know. i think -- michele bachmann is a very strong-willed focused person. >> can i note something about tonight? this is the binning after five-debate cycle between now and ktor 18. by october 19 or 20, we will look back and see the shape, the reality, see what happened. it'll be huge. this is only the beginning of that this. this is a very intense time? >> i agree. but there is our night. >> all right, coming back with mike, bob and peggy, who spoke so well. look at all this stuff for coffee. oh there's tons. french presses, espresso tampers, filters. it can get really complicated. not nearly as complicated as shipping it, though. i mean shipping is a hassle. not with priority mail flat rate boxes from the postal service. if it fits it ships anywhere in the country for a low flat rate. that is easy. best news i've heard all day! i'm soooo amped! i mean not amped. e

if you are not in an early state, but in iowa or new hampshire or south carolina, you are absolute lieg attention and groomed to pay attention to these thengs every four years. >> okay. thank you, chris cillizza, and we will see you here on the other side of the camera a lot tomorrow. thanks, buddy. >> thanks, chuck. >>> all right. i'm chuck todd and that does it for this edition of "andrea mitchell reports." my colleague craig melvin has a look at what is next on "newsnation." take itway. >> thank you, chuck. appreciate that. any minute, we are expecting to hear new comments from jay carney about the president's plan on jobs that he is set to announce next week. i'll also talk to a small business owner, and woman who has been out of work for three years now. we will talk to them about what they hope to hear from president obama. and we are also keeping an eye on new disturbances forming in the gulf of mexico, and the latest on hurricane katia, that is right, hurricane katia. "newsnation" is minutes away. e. no problem -- i can match that right here. oops -- i don't have the ad. you do

an event like this, strong showing here could give him momentum. it's about image and momentum because santorum is struggling to come up. he needs to do well in a place like iowathat's where his candidacy has really hinged. he's emerged as an alternative to perry on the right among conservatives. if he shows well here today, that's a great story line for him to take back to iowa when he goes there tomorrow and say, guess what? i'm more conservative than rick perry. i'm more conservative than michele bachmann. you need to give me a second look. there's two or three months to go. there's time for lesser known candidates to get traction. >> good analysis. rick scott expected to announce in about 15, 20 minutes. we'll bring it to you. >>> the jury is set in the trial of michael jackson's doctor. will the makeup of that group play in the favor of a prosecution or the defense? you're going to want to hear this. former prosecutor and criminal defense attorney holly hughes rejoins to talk about it all next. and you...rent from national. because only national lets you choose any car in the aisle...and go. you can even take a full-size or above, and still pay the mid-si

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